CHAPTER 4: SECRETS UNVEILED
Gray and the gang decided to investigate the case of the bargain in touring the orphanage, it is pretty big and has a lots of children, Natsu, Happy and Gray took the east, Erza took the west and Lucy,Wendy and Carla took the outside. While everyone was busy investigating, some kids are looking at them, some little boys were looking at Erza, she thought of them as sweet adorable kids but suddenly, a boy flipped her skirt and she squeaked a little "Kya" and she directly glared at the boys but they ran away, laughing boisterously. On Natsu's side, they are little girls looking at them, mostly admiring Gray for his body and strength, their eyes were heart-shape and they were all blushing causing Gray to feel a goosebump behind him. Natsu just ignored him and he walked along the staircase and he sniffed the air, then the doors then the walls, he looks so stupid to look at. Gray punched him on the head an told him, "What are you doing you dog?" Natsu grabbed his collar and said, "I'm working here droopy eyes! Can't you see?" and they keep on babbling and babbling and Happy was just floating and sweatdropped when all of asudden, a cute little girl grabbed him and hugged him, she giggled and told them, "Hey Onii-tan(Big Bro) I will play dress-up in him with my friends!" and she dashed with her comrades,Happy was shaking but the hug was too tight but he manage to scream, "Ahhh! Natsu, Gray Help me" Natsu saw this and he broke his fight with Gray and ran after those girls, "O-Oy! Give Happy back!He is not a toy!" he kept on screaming until the noise fade out, Leaving Gray alone…..
"Sheesh" says Gray while scratching his hair, he continued his investigation, he scanned the rooms one by one until he noticed a certain room upstairs, two rooms which are written, "DO NOT ENTER" but it made him curious, so he went up and checked. The first room he saw was a room which is vvery dusty and vases were scattered and pictures were torn to pieces, he then thought, "This must be Ren's room, no doubt about it" before he could leave the room, he noticed a small hole on the wall which was suppsed to be covered by a calendar. He peeked at the hole but didn't see anything, "It's just a hole". He then exited the room and closed the door. The next room he opened and turned on the lights and it was a cute blue room, filled with many shade of its base color, dark and light and its pretty clean compared to the other room he was walking around looking at the bed, stuffs, etc. when he looked under the bed, he noticed there's a big box under it, so without haste, he took it and he wiped the dust of it which made him cough, the box was written, "DO NOT TOUCH" before Gray could open it he checked first if anyone is behind him or following him, Clear. He opened the box and was astonished to see so many Teru Teru Bozus in it, he took one in his hand and thought, "This doll could it be Juvia's" and he kept one in his bag. He continued to look deeper of the box since it's big and he saw a picture of Juvia staring at the rainy sky, He grabbed the picture and leaned his back on the bed, looking at the image he's holding "You really are gloomy in here…." He then took the other pictures and looked at it one by one, he was a bit irritated for the remaining pictures were Ren and her, playing, talking doing some stuffs together. H e returned them back to the box and he stood up. He felt nostalgic of entering Juvia's room for he gets the chance of getting to know her more. He touched the wall and sliding his hand as he walked until he noticed a deep touch on the tip of his finger, it was covered with a calendar also, he removed it and noticed it's the same as Ren's hole in his room, "This is suspicious" thought Gray as he peeked at the hole but he still gets nothing. A bang sound was heard inside Ren's room, Gray thought its probably the wind but he heard a pant and sigh, he peeked at the hole and saw it was just Natsu and Happy, "W-Were gonna hide here for the meantime Happy" says Natsu while lying on the floor. "Aye" replied Happy.
Natsu sniffed again and said, "Gray are you here? I can really smell you it disgust's my nose" Gray noticed something an he said to his mind : I see, this hole is for communication, since the wall is so thick they made a hole, but why?: Gray went to the room where Natsu is an he punched him directly in the face for the thing he had said."Say that again, bastard or I'll freezethe hell out of you!" Natsu has a flame ready on his fist to punch him back but Erza called them with an angry tone,"NATSU! GRAY! HAPPY! GET DOWN HERE THIS INSTANT!" shivers run down their spine and they rapidly ran but Natsu slipped his foot on the stairs that he an Gray rolled down. Erza crossed her arms and put on an agry face and draws out her sword an points it at them,"WE are here to investigate a very SERIOUS crime, so stop playing around!". "Aye!" says both Mages. Lucy and Wendy were outside, investigating the grounds but nothing seems wary. Lucy's bag glowed and noticed that a telephaty was sent to the. Lucy grabbed the note from her bag and opened it, Mira's face was seen and sent the message, "Lucy, please be alert. Juvia is on her way to the orphanage, so if you manage to see her, please hide her…..and make sure no one will see her, especially the bargain" Lucy dropped her umbrella for she was shocked to hear those words. "Why Mira-san? Why should we hide her? What is Juvia has to do with this?" But the telepathy broke out. Lucy didn't waste a second so she and Wendy hurried back to the orphanage.
Juvia finally arrived at the orphanage, she was at the front door already, she closed her umbrella, cleaned herself and decided to doorbell, but when she heard a deep, familiar voice, "Juvia is coming here?" she covered her mouth, she moved backwards and saw Gray in the balcony talking to his teammates. Juvia was shaking letting herself drenched in the rain and assumed, "Why? Why is Gray-sama and the others here?! Juvia must run, she must not be seen by them especially Gray-sama" she straightly grabbed her things and ran within the rain. But the front door opened and she stopped running. "Juvia?" Says a masculine tone. A teardrop came out from Juvia, she turned around and saw Gray looking at her, she didn't utter a word. Gray approached the Water Mage slowly reaching his hand out to her, "Juvia, why are you here under the rain? Come inside where it is warm and why are you crying?" as his hand was about to reach Juvia's hand, she ran away, leaving her umbrella in the muddy ground. "Juvia!" Gray shouted her name as he ran after her. The rain poured harder than before and fog was about to form, but Gray still rans after her. Juvia can't stop her tears from falling, she ran as fast as she can to be far from Gray, "Gray-sama, Juvia is sorry but she can't see you…" Gray didn't think of anything but one thing: He must go and save his princess. Their chase was like a Prince chasing for his Princess under the pouring rain.